Whip-socket



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I I T AN;

WHIP SOGKET.

' $10,244,183. Patented July 12,1881;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES CHRISTIAN, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,183, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed April 29, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES CHRISTIAN, of Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Sockets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a simplified construction of whip-sockets, where by the whip is adapted to be held automatically within the socket, and at the same time capable of being readily taken therefrom in the quickest manner; and the invention consists of a socket provided with two clutching-arms having elastic rollers adapted to readily yield and allow the whip-handle to pass between and behind the same, where it is held in place until desired for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvements, with the whip shown in place by dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a top-plan view thereof.

Similar letters of referenceindicate like parts in both figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the lower holder or socket, adapted to receive the butt or lower part of the whip, and which may be of any suitable style or finish, and connected to the dash-frame B by the lugs a, passing through and into the blocks I), upon the opposite side thereof, as shown.

G represents a hollow lug, also connected to the dash-frame B above the socket A by means of-holts and nuts, as shown in Fig. 2, said lug being provided with two forked projecting arms, D, pivoted therein by means of the bolt 0, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In the rear of the arms D, which are of a curved shape, is provided a double spring, E, the outer ends of which rest upon each of the arms D, and serve to throw their front or forked ends toward each other in such a manner as to cause the rubber or elastic rollers F in the forked ends of the same to maintain a firm gripe upon the handle of the whip to hold it in place when desired. Upon the front of the lug O is attached a block of rubber or other elastic material, G, having a rounding front, which serves to prevent the whip-handle from wearing or chafing upon the metallic lug.

The construction of my invention being as described, it will be observed that in the operation of the same the whip, when in position in the socket, is held by the elastic rollers in the most secure manner against the rubber buffer G, yet at the same time is capable of being easily drawn therefrom by a slight pull upon the handle of the whip, which throws back the curved arms and releases the pressure of the rubber rollers thereon.

I hereby disclaim the construction and arrangement of devices shown and claimed in the patent granted to James Nellis, May 16, 1871, No. 114,845. I disclaim the strap A, the socket B, the segments 0 O, the cushions a a, the rollers b b, the torsion-springs D D, and all other combinations, constructions, and devices other than that shown in the drawings accompanying this application and pointed out in the claims.

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the dash-board of vehicles, the solid metallic arms D D, carrying between their forked ends the hard-rubber rollers F F, the rubber cushion or rest G, and the flat plate-spring E, in combination with the conical perforated socket A, substantially as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES CHRISTIAN. Witnesses:

S. D. CHRISTIAN, JAS. R. TAYLOR. 

